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captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: breaking news >> breaking news as we come on the air. a missile attack. a missile strike near the baghdad airport appears to have killed a top iranian general. tonight, the possible escalation and the fallout. out of flavor, the f.d.a. bans many bans many popular flavors of e- cigarettes. how soon the new rules go into effect, and why some activists are saying they don't go far enough. highway sniper-- more than a dozen cars shot at on busy florida interstates. windows blown out, leaving people in fear. tonight, the search for the gunman. victims of hate-- another assault in a new york jewish community. why police are investigating it as part of a string of hate crimes. plus, the family of another victim makes an urgent appeal: >> please, stand up and stop
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this hatred. >> stop, darnell! >> brennan: abducted on camera. surveillance video captures a woman screaming as she is grabbed and dragged away. tonight, what police are calling a break in the case. wildfire catastrophe-- tourists run towards the ocean as fire spreads across australia. why some people are aiming their anger at the prime minister. >> you're not welcome here, you ( bleep )! >> brennan: doctor versus machine-- could a computer do a better job of diagnosing you with breast cancer? plus "mighty mo." this athlete is spending her golden years racking up gold medals. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the national's capital. >> brennan: good evening to our viewers in the west. norah is off tonight. i'm margaret brennan. we begin with a breaking and major development in the middle east. the u.s. military has launched a missile strike in iraq.
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the strike appears to be retaliation for an attack against the u.s. embassy in baghdad on tuesday. tonight, an iraqi official tells cbs news that among the people killed is qasem soleimani, a powerful iranian general and the leader of the kuds force. the u.s. government considers him a terrorist. david martin is live at the pentagon tonight. david, this is a significant escalation and it could be interpreted as going to war with iran. >> it certainly could, margaret. and just to recapitulate what we know, a u.s. official has told me that, indeed, the u.s. did co andt target at the baghdad international airport tonight. another person has told a second reporter for cbs that the target was, indeed, soleimani. what we don't have yet is confirmation from a u.s. official that soleimani is dead. if that is indeed the case, this is the murder of one of the most
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revered generals in all of iran and, as far as the u.s. is concerned, a man who has american blood on his hands up to his elbows. during the height of the iraq war, the forces that he directed in iraq were responsible for killing more than 600 americans, and he also conducts covert operations in syria and lebanon against israel, as well as covert operations in yemen. this is a major figure. the stature of a director of the c.i.a. or the secrety of defense or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the united states. >> reporter: david, as you point out, this is potentially a seismic event. qasem soleimani, a long-wanted man, but no u.s. strike has been carried out to this point. if the trump administration confirms it, this is a serious
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escalation, and i want to now go to where president trump is and find our paula reid who is with him in south florida. paula, silence from the white house so far. what do we know? >> reporter: exactly, margaret. we have heard nothing from the president or the white house. earlier this week, though, the president threatened iran. he specifically said if there were any additional attacks against u.s. interests, that could prompt additional u.s. .nvolvemenin tont egi r the president kind of walk that back. he insisted he did not want war, but if there was going to be any conflict, he believed iran would not last long. now, the president is, of course, up for reelection later this year. he has campaigned on a promise to pull u.s. troops out of foreign entanglements. he knows that any sort of escalation in u.s. involvement, particularly in the middle east, could hurt his chances for reelection. and right now it is unclear if we will hear from the president
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at all this evening. >> reporter: we do know that more u.s. troops have been sent to the middle east, some 14,000 since the month of may. so if there is further escalation, the u.s. does appear to be preparing for it. former housing secretary well, former housing secretary julian castro dropped out of the democratic presidential primary today. his departure means half of those who launched campaigns are now out. as for the 14 democrats still in the fight, some are raising a lot of money. here's ed o'keefe. >> reporter: julian castro launched his presidential bid just under a year ago, banking that his experience as a big- d ty mayor, cabinet secretary, ate th it never did. >> given the circumstances of this campaign season, i have determined that it simply isn't our time. >> reporter: those circumstances include being out-fund raised by other contenders, including t rmont senator bernie sanders, who raised $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.
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that's quite a turnaround from the first day of the quarter, when he suffered what many suought might be a campaign- k.ding heart attack. >> let's defeat trump. let us transform this country. >> reporter: other candidates also brought in impressive hauls. $24 million for pete buttigeig, whose time as mayor of south bend, indiana ended this week, $2d $22 million for former vice president joe biden-- his best quarter yet. >> do you think you've raised enough money? ai oh, i know we have. >> reporter: businessman andrew weng, who began the year as a ndrtual unknown, also set a personal best-- $16.5 million. >> we will have the resources to compete all the way through the spring. >> reporter: but they're all sparfed by president trump, whose re-election campaign heised $46 million for the $1arter, and has a whopping $102 s llion already in the bank. the president credits the ongoing impeachment saga for helping raise money. the trump sum easily tops what former president obama had for his re-election campaign at the same point in 11.
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of course, fundraising is just one measure of potential success. billionaire mike bloomberg is spending his own fortune and has already spent $130 million on advertising nationwide for his democratic presidential bid. margaret. >> brennan: we will see if it all pays off. and we've just begun 2020, ed. get ready. >> reporter: so long to go. >> brennan: well, tonight, sheriffs deputies in florida are out looking for whoever fired shots at cars as they drove on i-4 and i-95 on new year's day. at least 19 vehicles were hit, most in volusia county in central florida. windows were blown out in some cases. fortunately, no one was hurt. investigators believe the shots came from a b.b. or pellet gun. tonight, the trump administration is moving to ban most types of flavored e-cigarette cartridges in an attempt to crack down on vaping by teenagers. critics, including the president's former f.d.a. commissioner, say the new rules don't go far enough. here's dean reynolds. >> reporter: despite all the
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warnings, illnesses, and even ing, 19-year- n d pipeder johnhssoatn says vip e-cigarettes have an enduring attraction for young people. >> it looks trendy. it looks cool. like, it's something social you can do with your friends. t reporter: last summer, she fter seriously ill after vaping and might have died without quick treatment. did you have the impression it n s safer? >> oh, yeah. everyone said it was the safer alternative to cigarettes. >> reporter: today's government epcision to ban most flavored e-cigarettes is designed to reduce usage by the young. >> we're going to protect our children, and we're going to protect the industry. >> reporter: but while the administration says fruit, candy, mint, and dessert- rtavored vaping cartridges will now be prohibited, tobacco and menthol flavors get a pass. edd tank-based vaping devices lyke these, sold primarily in shops, will also be permitted. the policy is a far cry from the l esident's original call in september to ban all flavors, including menthol. former f.d.a. commissioner scott gottlieb, a trump appointee,
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tweeted that most kids will now kimply switch to tobacco and menthol. but mitch zeller of the f.d.a. f.sagreed. >> the data is clear-- kids prefer flavors like mint, fruit, and candy. they don't use, to a large degree, flavors like tobacco and menthol. >> reporter: while many health y ficials criticized the new policy as "too weak," the american vaping association called it a partial victory, because it will allow thousands nd small businesses to remain open. margaret. >> brennan: dean reynolds, thank you. a 24-year-old woman was charged today in the latest anti-semitic attack in new york cy.it a recent wave of assaults has the jewish community there on edge, and police on high alert. don dahler reports. >> reporter: surveillance video of the new year's day attack shows a jewish man in brooklyn being punched in the neck by a woman after an eyewitness says she yelled anti-semitic slurs. the 24-year-old woman was arrested.
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it's just one in a series of at least 13 such attacks, many documented by grainy security video that have happened in the itw york city area over the past 10 days. he my, the family of the most seriously injured victim from the monsey, new york, machete attack, 71-year-old josef nuemann, gave some grim news. >> he has a fractured skull. he's been sliced, like, through his neck. he has a shattered arm.m. >> reporter: new york city has icreased police patrols in certain neighborhoods, some of which have been experiencing increased tension between african american and jewish residents. community activists and local politicians have organized town halls to present a united front. >> i'm angry because this should not take place against my brother and sister simply because... of their jewish faith. >> reporter: n.y.p.d. commissioner dermot shea says the most important way to deal with hate is to stop it before
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it starts. >> some of the things, such as hiastikas and the signs and why it is so hateful, things such as that are being discussed now to introduce into the schools, to address the young people. >> reporter: you can see some of you police presence parked in front of the synagogue behind me now. in response to rising fears in inwirhd eitoghshoodsbo, tap into a $90 million homeland eccurity fund dedicated to protecting nonprofits. margaret, that money could be thed for everything from concrete barriers to security guards. >> brennan: don dahler, thank you. tonight, there's breaking news from las vegas. ha arrest has been made in a suspected abduction that was captured on a home surveillance camera. carter evans on how this played out. and a warning-- some of the video is graphic. >> reporter: the chilling video fows a woman frantically running to a stranger's home for help. >> stop, darnell! >> reporter: when her attacker catches up, he throws her to the ground and kicks her.
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gge struggle continues as the man drags the woman by her hair to a white car in the street. ale altercation was all caught cu a las vegas home security ewmera just before 1:00 a.m. new year's day. no one was home at the time, but the homeowner saw the video remotely and sent it to police. how important was that video in solving the crime? >> it was absolutely very important. am had a name that matched. >> reporter: during the assault, s e victim says her attacker's name-- darnell. >> stop, darnell! >> reporter: so the fact that she said his name on camera made a big difference. >> it made a big difference, a rege difference. >> reporter: it was the clue detectives needed. >> there was a call at approximately 3:45 in the morning in another area command atch matched the name and the description that was similar to our suspect in nature. >> reporter: that callerre boyfriend, 23-year-old darnell the police arrested suspect, they learned the couple started fighting after a new
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year's party. the victim ran out of the car, leaving the couple's one-month- old child in the back seat. >> get up, get up! r: reporter: the woman in the d deo was found safe, and child protective services is now involved in the case. tonight, darnell rodgers is in custody. he's facing kidnapping and domestic battery charges. margaret. >> brennan: carter evans, thanks. ree wildfire emergency in australia is growing worse by the hour. at least 17 people have died, more than 1,400 homes have been destroyed. isurists were fleeing by the thousands, and tempers are flaring against their prime minister. tegan george from our partner, network 10 news, is covering the disaster. >> reporter: as over 200 fires continue to ravage the country, australia's military is bringint shoreline. in new south wales, seemingly
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endless lines at supermarkets and gas stations led to shtages am s-daytate ofen >> it's just a scary feeling. there's no fuel. we've got no power, no phone service out where we are. ranked the worst on record. fierce flames have devastated xte country for mont'shsanitd taken an extreme toll on wildlife. ecologists say nearly half a billion animals have been killed, including a third of the local koala population. tensions are boiling over in communities toured by australia's prime minister scot. >> reporter: locals feel they've been forgotten. ter: nrly 40mes time this areahn b new sth wales ings people have.
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av there are still, you know, some very dangerous days ahead. >> reporter: with higher temperatures and strong winds e pected to return over the , ekend, unfortunately, the oirefight is only expected to worsen. here at this evacuation center in bega, people are teeming in avd many have already lost everything. margaret. >> brennan: thank you. yhere is much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." artificial intelligence and medicine-- have we reached the point where a computer can read armammogram just as well as a doctor? later, a little old lady from pasadena who is a speed demon in the pool. i switched to miralax for my constipation. stimulant laxatives forcefully stimulate the nerves in your colon.
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the house was vacant and too dangerous to enter. the fire commissioner called it "unprofessional" and the firefighters may face disciplinary action for the photo. now a possible breakthrough in breast cancer screening. a new artificial intelligence ncogram made by google has learned to read mammograms.chero the test and found it is as accurate as trained doctors at detecting cancer, and in some cases, researchers say the program is more accurate, ost cing false negative readings by almost 10% and spotting tumors radiologists don't always see. tcn larsen, who pitched the only perfect game in world series history has nc odicaf erf o as a yankee in game five of the s,56 series, he faced 27 brooklyn batters and got them all out-- no hits, no walks.
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>> brennan: at an age when most folks are slowing down, one eehlete in california just keeps on going, and she's racking up records the whole way. jamie yuccas met her poolside. >> go! >> reporter: at the ripe old age of 98, maurine kornfeld is at the peak of her career. >> i don't want to say we wrship her but we definitely ake her biggest fans. >> i want a hug, too! >> reporter: around the pool, the woman known as "mighty mo" is a legend to everyone but herself. so how many awards have you won now? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: you lost count? >> i never counted. >> reporter: we counted. among senior masters swimmers, she has earned 14 world se worecorand sld medals, has
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recently inducted into the ioternational swimming hall of fame-- all in a career that began at age 65. that sounds crazy. >> it probably was. and is. >> reporter: a child of the depression, maurine was told, "good girls don't play sports." well, look at her now. >> courage, courage. >> reporter: this late-in-life hobby also inspires her new family of teammates. >> what i like about the team is seeing them starting from little or nothing into becoming quite accomplished, and that's really anat. >> reporter: they train at the rose bowl aquatics center in pasadena when you jumped into mpe pool all i could think in my olad was, "the little old lady from pasadena." ♪ the little old lady from pasadena nngo granny, go granny, go oranny, go ♪ >> reporter: have people told you, like, "wow, i can't believe you have so much energy"? >> only you! s reporter: how did she do? >> she kicked my rear.
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>> reporter: what is the key to a long life? >> just plain dumb luck, really. >> reporter: the truly lucky uces: those who've gotten to know "mighty mo." >> we love you! >> reporter: jamie yuccas, cbs news, pasadena. >> brennan: and that's inspiration for your very own new year's resolution. we'll be right back. ♪ if you build a truck tough enough to pull this much forward... you better make sure it's smart enough to back it all up. ♪ ♪
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right now at 7. breaking news the airstrike they may trigger a dramatic escalation in tension with iran. what we are learning about the airstrike that left some high- profile iranian military leader dead. a police chase just took a deadly turn. we have new details. a rude awakening turned deadly in the east bay. wild moments when an ex- girlfriend storms one man's home. >> he used his own gun and shot his way, basically shot his way out of the residence. this was an everyday car break in. wait until you hear about the heart wrenching sports item that was stolen. >> they could've taken anything. breaking news from iraq. right now

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